Wreck: Highgate (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Highgate (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.594 N,4 56.282 W (51.476567, -4.938033)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HIGHGATE (POSSIBLY)
Length 74.1 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1395 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built of iron in 1882 by t turnbull & sons of whitby. two boilers, compound engine of 130 hp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & son, hartlepool. passage mostyn for cardiff. ran down and sunk by sv sovereign [12281]. both vessels sank. 6 lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1890
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1890, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 10M NW OF LUNDY. (LLOYDS). 27.7.48 NDW SHOWN IN 512836N, 045610W ON SURVEY [E8262/2]. 6.10.72 NOW SHOWN AS WK USC 11FMS [20MTRS]. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 1179. H3804/72 20.3.78 LOCATED 13.9.77 IN 512833.9N, 045612.8W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. APPARENTLY INTACT WITH SOME DEBRIS OFF THE SW END. AMONG ROCKY OUTCROPS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/77). AMEND TO WK 38MTRS IN NEW POSN. BR STD. H5001/72 24.11.80 WK EXAM'D 15/16.6.77 IN 512833N, 045611W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.7 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPROX LENGTH 125MTRS. APPARENTLY LYING WITH A ROCKY OUTCROP. (HMS WOODLARK HI 63B/78). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 51 28.594 N,4 56.282 W
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